Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is serving a seven-year jail term over graft charges, was taken to hospital on Saturday, officials said.Sharif was transferred from Kot Lakhpat prison in the eastern city of Lahore to a government hospital, where he was undergoing medical tests.“Nawaz Sharif has been moved to hospital from jail,” a senior government official in Lahore told AFP.Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz confirmed the news on Twitter.Sharif has been ...

An accountability court in Pakistan on Monday sentenced former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for seven years on graft charges. The court found the three-time prime minister was unable to prove the source of income for the ownership of a steel mill. The court also imposed on him a fine of $2.5 million. Police escorted former prime minister from the court-room and authorities later confirmed that he was being shifted to ‘Kot Lakhpat’ jail. Sharif was sentenced in July this year to 10 ...

Pakistan opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif was arrested Friday for graft, officials said, the latest corruption allegation against the Sharif political dynasty that was ousted from power by ex-cricketer Imran Khan in elections this summer.Sharif, the brother of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was arrested on charges of corruption relating to a low-cost housing scheme in Punjab province, Shahzad Saleem- the head of a regional anti-corruption body- told AFP.Saleem did not say when Shahbaz ...

A Pakistani court on Wednesday ordered the release of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, suspending their prison sentences pending an appeal hearing, his lawyer said.“Today, the Islamabad High Court has suspended the verdict against Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and his son-in-law Captain Safdar and ordered to release them on bail until a final decision,” Khawaja Haris, Sharif’s lawyer, told AFP.Dozens of jubilant supporters chanted “Prime ...

Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter have been temporarily released on parole for the funeral of his wife, government and party sources said Wednesday. Kulsoom Nawaz died of cancer in London on Tuesday, two months after her husband and daughter returned to Pakistan and were immediately jailed for corruption. Sharif had travelled home in a bid to rally support for his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party days before a bitterly fought general election. ...

Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, died of cancer in London on Tuesday as her husband remains locked up in jail in his home country following his fall from power. Nawaz, 68, who was first lady of Pakistan three times, was diagnosed with lymphoma in August last year and had been receiving treatment at a private hospital in London for months. “Yes, the death of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz is confirmed,” Maryam Aurangzeb, a spokesperson of Pakistan Muslim ...

Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was moved back to prison from hospital on Tuesday evening after doctors signaled an improvement in his health, a minister said.Sharif was shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad two days ago after he reportedly fell sick inside prison.Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were jailed on July 13 after a court sentenced them to 10 and seven years respectively over properties in Britain which emerged in the wake ...

A Pakistani official says jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is to be moved from his cell to the main hospital in Islamabad after suffering heart trouble. Shaukat Javed, home minister of Punjab province, said on Sunday that a routine cardiogram preformed on Sharif in the prison in Rawalpindi, close to the Pakistani capital, indicated the need for hospitalization. Sharif was arrested upon returning home from London to face a 10-year prison sentence for corruption. He was dismissed from ...

The long delays in announcement of results following the recent elections in Pakistan have raised questions about the efficiency of its Result Management System (RMS) software, which was employed by the country’s election commission.However, a Dubai-based expert on e-system has told Al Arabiya English that it is not the technology but the manner of its implementation that should be scrutinized as such a system can be fixed quickly even if it goes down.Sarfaraz Alam, who is heading TEXPO ...

Imran Khan’s party said it has begun talks with independents and small parties to form a coalition government after a resounding triumph in Pakistan’s general election, as rival parties planned protests over alleged vote rigging.Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) won 115 seats in Wednesday’s ballot, short of the 137 needed for a simple majority but a surprisingly strong showing that helped fuel suspicion of rigging.The party has begun reaching out to potential ...